What to spend our money on!

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 26 Apr, 2010 10:39 pm

Si wrote: jim wrote: Message received Simon, thanks for letting me know. I leave it to you to rearrange. Good luck with the interview!Jim. Hi Jim!No luck with the interview. Overqualified, apparently.Will fix up new date for drink and chat soon.Cheers,Simon Hard luck Si but, all experience of today's way of interviewing so not an entire waste - keep at it

Post by **cnosni** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 1:46 am

Si wrote: jim wrote: Message received Simon, thanks for letting me know. I leave it to you to rearrange. Good luck with the interview!Jim. Hi Jim!No luck with the interview. Overqualified, apparently.Will fix up new date for drink and chat soon.Cheers,Simon Youll get there pal.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 3:22 pm

Thanks, Phill, Jim, Steve and Chris. Much appreciated.

Si · Post by Si » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 6:45 pm

chameleon wrote: Hard luck Si but, all experience of today's way of interviewing so not an entire waste - keep at it This interview was the complete opposite of the DWP one we discussed. Took place in a store-cupboard with another member of staff present on her tea-break, no older than 20. I bumped into the interviewer on Saturday, and she apologised that the decision wasn't hers, and that the successful candidate would be leaving in September anyway! It makes you want to weep...

Post by **chameleon** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 6:50 pm

Si wrote: chameleon wrote: Hard luck Si but, all experience of today's way of interviewing so not an entire waste - keep at it This interview was the complete opposite of the DWP one we discussed. Took place in a store-cupboard with another member of staff present on her tea-break, no older than 20. I bumped into the interviewer on Saturday, and she apologised that the decision wasn't hers, and that the successful candidate would be leaving in September anyway! It makes you want to weep... I know a job is a job Si, but from the sound of that, how are they going to treat their employees - interviews are a two-way thing

Brandy · Post by **Brandy** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 7:58 pm

Si wrote: jim wrote: Message received Simon, thanks for letting me know. I leave it to you to rearrange. Good luck with the interview!Jim. Hi Jim!No luck with the interview. Overqualified, apparently.Will fix up new date for drink and chat soon.Cheers,Simon Never mind Si, there loss mateGood Luck for the next one pal.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 8:54 pm

Si wrote: jim wrote: Message received Simon, thanks for letting me know. I leave it to you to rearrange. Good luck with the interview!Jim. Hi Jim!No luck with the interview. Overqualified, apparently.Will fix up new date for drink and chat soon.Cheers,Simon Hi Si It must be the pits trying to get a job now when i was younger you could go to four interviews and take your pick but then we still had production on a large scale.The Government promise more jobs but doing what. ?

Si · Post by Si » Tue 27 Apr, 2010 9:11 pm

I know Tilly. It's happened to me in the past. In about 1987, I applied for several jobs in Leeds on spec, and got them all, and then had to choose! I've been employed in the same job for eighteen years, and now, at the age of 50, it's a nightmare. In the last 15 months, I've applied for over 200 jobs, got no response from about 70% of them, and only a handful of interviews. I spend several hours a day checking the papers, websites, local businesses, JobCentre, etc, etc, etc. You're either over-qualified, or don't have enough experience in that particular field. I was told on applying for a retail job, that I didn't have experience of shop work - I've been shopping for bloody years! I wonder who they are employing? Anyway, enough of my problems. Rant over!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Wed 19 May, 2010 9:19 pm

Two more wastes of public money that I've seen this week.On Sherburn Road, near Stanks fire station, a pair of speed bumps have been removed and the road surface levelled (although the outer square marking the former site of the speed bumps are still there).And not twenty yards way, two brand new speed bumps have been placed in the road.The rest of the speed bumps on the road are currently untouched...And...at the entrance to Seacroft Hospital, a large sign has been erected advising us that "Childrens A&E has moved to the LGI".Very commendable, but there hasn't been an A&E of any description at Seacroft Hospital for as long as I can remember. The road signs to Seacroft Hospital even say "No A&E"So why the need of a sign there to point it out? Could it be that because it's public cash it doesn't matter what it is spent on, as long as it is spent?

boo · Post by **boo** » Wed 19 May, 2010 11:19 pm

Si - Rather late on this one - but you're posts reminded me of a brilliant documentary on channel 4 a while back, about age discrimination in the workplace. If you didn't see it, it didn't tell you anything you don't want to know, but it was refreshing to see the issue being so well publicised. Anyway, I did a bit of a search on the internet and found this site - includes the press flurry that happened after the documentary http://www.matureappointments.com/media3.php